2023-10-01 18:53:26
Europe won the 44th edition of the Ryder Cup, a biannual event between the best Americans and Europeans near Rome. It was Tommy Fleetwood who gave him the victory.
The Englishman offered the half-point which allowed Europe to reach the score of 14.5 points, synonymous with victory, Europe’s 12th. He dominated Ricky Fowler 3 & 1 in the 11th single scheduled for Sunday on the Marco Simone Golf course.
The Europeans finally won 16.5 to 11.5. In the results of the event created in 1927, the United States still leads by a wide margin with 27 victories against 15 (3 for Great Britain, 12 for Europe admitted since 1979) and two draws (1969, 1989).
But the Americans conceded their 7th consecutive defeat on European soil where their last success dates back to 1993, i.e. 30 years of failures. They suffered during the first two days but finished strongly on Sunday to come back to 14-11, before Fleetwood secured the European victory at hole no. 16.
Waking up too late
The American awakening was too late to end this drought and keep the trophy won in 2021 in Wisconsin. The Europeans, led during the 3 days of competition by the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, the Spaniard Jon Rahm and the Norwegian Viktor Hovland, inflicted a scathing 4-0 on them on Friday morning. Never before seen in the history of the Ryder Cup.
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